page_title: Dick Howser
section_title: Kansas City Royals (1981-1986)
hierarchical_section_title: Dick Howser / Managerial career / Kansas City Royals (1981-1986)
caption_attribution_description: English: President Reagan Receives a Royals Jacket, Hat and Bat from Manager Dick Howser during a Ceremony to Congratulate the 1985 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals Baseball Team in the Rose Garden, 10/31/1985
context_page_description: Richard Dalton Howser was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, coach, and manager who was best known as the manager of the Kansas City Royals during the 1980s and for guiding them to the franchise's first World Series title in 1985.
context_section_description: The next year, Kansas City—his postseason rival on multiple occasions in previous seasons—hired Howser to manage the last 33 games of the strike-shortened 1981 season. Under Howser, the Royals finished second in 1982 and 1983. Prior to the 1984 season, with their clubhouse ravaged by drug problems, the Royals started disassembling their team and starting over. Kansas City expected 1984 to be a rebuilding year, but Howser guided the young team to a division title. The Royals were defeated by the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series, three games to none.
  The following year, Howser guided the Royals to their first World Series title. The Royals reached the World Series by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series, which was Toronto's first postseason appearance. The Royals then went on to defeat the heavily favored St. Louis Cardinals. In both the ALCS and World Series, the Royals won each series by overcoming a 3–1 deficit to take the last three games.
caption: Howser (to left of podium) presents President Ronald Reagan with a Royals jacket, hat, and bat at the White House after their World Series victory.
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